Skirt-marker.



v M. G. JOHNSON.

' SKIRT MARKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1910.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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MARY C. JOHNSON, OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed June 30, 1910. Serial No. 569,753.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY O. J oHNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oroville, in the county of Butte and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Markers; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

p This invention relates to improvements in skirt markers.

One object of the invention is to provide a skirt marker having aplatform adapted to be adjusted for supporting a person at the desiredelevation for marking a skirt whereby the length of the latter may beaccurately indicated. Another object is to provide a skirt marker havingmeans whereby the lower end of the skirt may be securely held whilebeing marked thus preventing any movement of the person from interferingwith the accurate marking of the skirt.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a side view of a skirt markerconstructed in accordance with my invention and showing in dotted linesa skirt arranged thereon in posit-ion for marking; Fig. 2 is a top planview of the marker; Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view; and,Fig. 4 is an en larged detail sectional view through the adjustingmechanism of the skirt clamping ring.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, I provide a supportingbase 1 which may be of any suitable construction and which is here shownas of a circular hollow form having arranged'in its upper surface acentrally disposed upwardly proj ecting boss 2 provided with avertically disposed threaded passage 3. Arranged above the base 1 is acircular platform 4 adapted to support the person having on the skirt tobe marked. The platform 4 is adjustably supported at the desireddistance above the base 1 by means of a supporting screw 5 which has athreaded engagement with the boss 2 of the base.

Arranged above the base 1 is a skirt clamping mechanism comprising aninner clamping ring or band 6 which is secured to or formed integralwith the upper ends of a series of supporting standards 7 the lower endsof which are secured to or formed integral with an annular base engagingflange 8 which is secured to the upper side of the base by bolts orother suitable fastening means. The outer member of the skirt clampingmechanism comprises an open spring metal ring or band 9 which isarranged around the inner ring 6 and is sup ported in position by aseries of spring arms 10 the lower ends of which are bolted or otherwisesecured to the flange 8. The upper ends of the arms 10 have formedthereon grooved lugs 11 which are slidably engaged with an annularseries of horizontal slots 12 formed in the spring ring 9 as shown.

The outer spring ring 9. of the clamping mechanism is adapted to becontracted or drawn into operative engagement with the inner clampingring 6 by means of a suitable contracting mechanism comprising alongitudinally slotted connecting plate 13 one edge of the slot thereinbeing provided with a series of rack teeth 14: which are adapted to beengaged by a pinion 15 which is revolubly mounted on the adjacent end ofthe ring 9 and is provided with an operating knob or handle 16 wherebywhen the pinion is turned in one direction or the other the connectingplate will be shifted in one direction or the other thus expanding orcontracting the outer skirt marking ring to release or to clamp thelower edge of the skirt into engagement with the inner ring thus.

firmly holding said end while the skirt is marked through the annularslots 12, formed in the outer ring 9. In orderto insure a tightfrictional engagement between the rings and the end of the skirt theinner stationary ring is preferably provided on its outer side with afelt facing strip 17.

In order to adjust the supporting platform 4 to bring the end of theskirt at the proper position between the clamping rings for marking theskirt at the desired point the platform is revolved in one direction orthe other thereby screwing the same upwardly or downwardly to thedesired position. After the platform has been thus adjusted the latteris held against further rotary movement by a stop bolt 18 which isslidably mounted in a socket 19 formed in one side of the platform. Thebolt is adapted to be projected and retracted to operative andinoperative positions by means of a lug or operating knob 20 securedthereto and projecting upwardly through a slot 21 formed in the upperside of the platform as shown. (On the outer end of the bolt 18 isformed a stop finger 22 which is adapted to be engaged with the verticalslots 23 one of. which is formed in each of the ring supportingstandards 7 When the finger 22 is thus engaged with one of the slots 23the platform will be held against rotary movement and thus secured inits adjusted position. In order to indicate the height in inches towhich the platform has been adjusted one of the standards 7 is providedwith a scale of inches 24 arranged thereon as shown. By providing thespring arms 10 the spring clamping ring 9 will be expanded at a uniformdistance from the inner ring when the outer ring is opened by theexpanding mechanism hereinbefore described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may 'be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention what i I claim is:

1. In a skirt marker, a base, a platform revolubly and adjustablymounted on said base, means to hold said platform in its adjustedpositions, a pair of skirt clamping rings comprising an inner stationaryring rigidly secured to said base, an expansible ring arranged aroundsaid inner ring, means to yieldingly support said ring on said base, andan expanding and contracting mechanism connected with the ends of saidexpansible ring whereby said ends are drawn together or forced apart toengage and disengage said ring with said inner stationary ring.

2. In a skirt marker a base, a boss arranged in the center thereof, saidboss having a threaded passage, a platform having secured thereto ascrew adapted to engage the threaded passage in said boss whereby saidplatform may be screwed up or down to adjust the same at the desiredposition above said base, an inner skirt clamping ring arranged aroundsaid platform, and secured at a suitable elevation to said base, an,

outer clamping ring having formed therein an annular series of slots,spring supporting arms secured to said base having a sliding connect-ionwith said slotted outer ring, and an expanding and contracting mechanismsecured to the opposite ends of said outer ring whereby said ends aredrawn together to clamp the end of the skirt between said ring and saidstationary ring whereby the clamped end of the skirt may be markedthrough the slots formed in said outer ring.

3. In a skirt marker-a base, a platform revolubly mounted thereon havinga revoluble engagement therewith whereby said platform is raised orlowered, an inner clamping ,band arranged above said base and aroundsaid platform, a series of slotted standards secured to said base andadapted to support said ring in suitable position above the latter, anouter longitudinally slotted open clamping ring arranged around saidinner stationary ring, a series of spring arms loosely engaged with andadapted to support said outer ring in position to be engaged with saidinner ring, a slotted connecting plate secured to one end of said openouter ring, a series of rack teeth formed in one edge of the slot insaid plate, a pinion revolubly mounted on the other end of said outeropen ring and adapted to engage said rack teeth, an operating knobconnected to said pinion whereby the latter is revolved in said slot andengaged with said rack teeth whereby the outer ring is contracted andexpanded to secure the lower end of the skirt while being marked, meansto inclicate the position to which said platform is adjusted, and alocking bolt slidably mounted in the platform and adapted to be engagedwith the slotted supporting standards of the inner clamping ring wherebythe platform is secured in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MARY .C. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

O. M. JoHNsoN, S. J. NORRIS.

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7 Washington, D. G.

